Monday,
November 3, 2003
PRESBYTERIAN
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
TO HOST WINGATE IN THE
FOOD LION/SAC TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
CLINTON,
S.C. — The Presbyterian College women’s soccer team
will be the No. 3 seed in this year’s Food Lion/South Atlantic
Conference Tournament and will host No. 6 seed Wingate
University, Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. at Martin Stadium
in a first round match. The
winner of Wednesday’s match will advance to Saturday’s
semifinal against the winner of the Catawba College/Mars Hill
College match. The SAC Tournament final four will be held in
Salisbury, N.C. on the campus of Catawba College.
The Blue Hose (12-4-0,
5-2-0 SAC) have won five of their last seven matches including a
8-0 victory over Converse College last Saturday night. Earlier
this season, PC defeated Wingate University 1-0 on the road back
on October 8. Tomorrow’s
meeting will be the fourth match-up between the two schools in
SAC Tournament action. PC holds a 2-1 advantage in the
head-to-head meetings including a pair of 6-0 victories over the
Bulldogs in the first round of the 1992 and 1994 tournaments.
Last season, the Bulldogs upset the Blue Hose 3-1 to advance to
the semifinals. PC holds a 19-9-1 all-time record in the SAC
Tournament including winning back-to-back tournament titles in
1995 and 1996.
Admission for the SAC
Tournament is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 6-12 and $1
for college students with a valid ID.
Leading the Blue Hose this
season has been the play of sophomore forward Megan
Smith (Greenville, S.C.). Smith leads the team with 29
total points on 13 goals and three assists. She also leads the
team with four game-winning goals. Freshman forward Claire
Joyce (Aiken, S.C.) leads the team with six assists and
ranks second in total scoring with 20 points on seven goals.
Defensively, senior
goalkeeper Aimee
Tatom (Irving, Tex.) leads the way with 7.0 shutouts and
a 0.95 goals against average. Tatom has also tallied 37 saves on
the season in 1,327 minutes of action. PC has allowed only 14
goals this season while scoring 41 goals themselves.